First, we just want to say that there were so many wonderful entries this year. Each writer brought something unique to the table with his or her work. There were many manuscripts that we didn’t get to pick that we still wish we could read. We truly wish we could have given everyone a free editorial consultation. Thank you so much to everyone who shared their work!

Today there are more options to getting your book published than ever. Figuring out which route is best for you is a lot like a Choose Your Own Adventure story: no author travels the same path, and there are as many roads to publication as there are writers. Whether your goal is to pitch your book to a publisher, acquire an agent, or self-publish (digitally or conventionally), we want to help you find the route that best suits you and your writing, so we’ve designed this writers’ contest to do just that.

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